Times Media Group has continued shedding assets and streamlining its operations, on Monday announcing that it has reached an agreement to sell Nu Metro, South Africa’s second largest cinema chain after Ster-Kinekor, to private equity firm One Fifty Capital
Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has offloaded shares worth about R6m in the mobile telecommunications operator. The sale of the shares, which took place on 31 December, the last trading day of 2013, was concluded at a price of R130,87/share. That’s near to Vodacom’s all-time
For many technophiles, 2013 was a slightly disappointing year. Sure, there were one or two groundbreaking launches (such as Google Glass), but for the most part it was a year of consolidation rather than raw innovation. This year is likely to be more exciting as several waves of long-awaited
A war of words between roads agency Sanral and Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) continued on Tuesday in the ongoing spat about the payment of e-tolls on Gauteng’s highways. JPSA denied a Sanral claim that it had told motorists they could break the law without any consequences
Naspers-owned Internet service provider MWeb has entered into proof-of-concept tests with City Lodge, Hyprop Group, Netcare and Spur as it looks to build a national Wi-Fi network. TechCentral first reported on 4 December that MWeb intends tackling the incumbents in the public Wi-Fi hotspot
From thrilling science-fiction sagas to revisionist Westerns and taut political thrillers, 2013 had plenty to offer at the movies. This list of the pick of the year is based only on South African cinematic releases for 2013 and excludes films that have not yet been released here
Telkom has sold its pan-African business, iWayAfrica and Africa Online Mauritius, in a private sale to Gondwana International Networks for an undisclosed sum. The fixed-line telecommunications operator has described the business as an “immaterial” part
Legal action appears to be looming after a grouping of broadcasters and business organisations on Friday slammed cabinet’s recent decisions about migration to digital terrestrial television. This has raised the spectre of further damaging delays in South Africa’s already
Cabinet’s decision this month to mandate the use of a control system in the set-top boxes government will subsidise for poorer households has led to a great deal of confusion in South Africa’s broadcasting industry. The decision largely went in favour of e.tv, which has
About a year ago, after a lengthy and tiresome setup process, I became a paying subscriber to Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming service which has still not been launched in South Africa. It was immediately apparent to me that streaming was going to change the way we listen to music, and was here
